Despite being charged by the SEC for unregistered securitie offerings and consequently seeing the price of XRP plummet, the token has however surged to impressive highs peaking at $1.48 the last 24 hours with a current trade at $1.39 according to Coingekco
The cross-chain integration will make it possible for XRP holders to engage with different applications on Wanchain and Ethereum.
This means that XRP tokens can now be used for liquidity mining and yield farming.
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This is great for XRP holders having DeFi option available to them with XRP. With gas fees on Ethereum pushing chains to integrate with other chains with smart contract options and low fees, DeFi is bound to keep expanding with several possibilities.
It is unclear what is pumping XRP at the moment but a news like this should have some impact on the price as the XRP community expresses delight on Twitter, Wanchain's token have seen some price appreciation as well as it currently trades at $2.41 with 167% gain within the last 30 days.
Some exciting possibilities for XRP holders!
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